http://www.bigstory.ap.org/article/46663b47d77d40499b2cfb73cce8c0a3/ap-analysis-mideast-showed-hillary-clinton-us-powers-limitAP Analysis: Mideast showed Hillary Clinton US power's limit
By JON GAMBRELL
Jun. 17, 2016 6:41 AM EDT
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — In the wake of the Orlando killings this week, Hillary Clinton had harsh words for America's Gulf allies, criticizing them for funding institutions that radicalize young Muslims.
"It is long past time for the Saudis, the Qataris and the Kuwaitis and others to stop their citizens from funding extremist organizations," the presumptive Democratic Party nominee told an Ohio crowd. "And they should stop supporting radical schools and mosques around the world that have set too many young people on a path toward extremism."
These were not the kind of incendiary political comments common for her Republican rival Donald Trump— no proposed bans, no generalizations, no stereotypes.
But they did provide a window into how a President Clinton might approach the combustible, complex Middle East: polite but harsh truth-telling, with specifics, delivered as if among friends.
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